4 ms·
Al Capone was arrested, tried, and jailed for tax evasion rather than all of the much more series crimes he committed. This approach to law enforcement has been
by DougWebb 13y ago
Al Capone was arrested, tried, and jailed for tax evasion rather than all of the much more series crimes he committed. This approach to law enforcement has been going on for long time now, sometimes with good outcomes. I think the problem now is that (a) it's gotten much easier, (b) because it's easy it's being used more often for less serious crimes, and (c) it's being used to protect the power of the powerful rather than to protect the populace.
- gcb0 13y agoIt was mostly because he was clever. He hired people that were loyal to do the killing/etc. So those people commited the crimes, and plead guilty every time they were caught. Al Capone could not be guilty of a crime someone else committed. technically, the only place where he miscalculated was tax. so they got him for that. they didn't plant false tax evidence on him, as the NSA/FBI did recently with that guy that refused to join PRISM with google and others.